Slate-pencil holder.



S. MAGAMI.

' SLATE PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED' MAR. 23. um.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

emu @"cm INVENTOR 6%(50872 a m.

ATTORNEYJ 'UNKTE STEVENTIVIAGAMI, OF KAMLOOPS, BRITISH 'COLU MBIA,CANADA.

SLATE-PENCIL HOLDER.

Specification of LettersPatent. Pg tenteaflct, F7-

Appiication filed Marches, i917. Serial'No. 157,004.

T 0 (ZZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I,STEVEN MAGAMI, a British subject, residing atKamloops, in the Province of British Columbia, Canada, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements inSlate-Pencil Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification. I

This invention relates to a slate pencil holder which is a relativelypermanent attachment to and is embedded in the wooden frame of anordinary school slate.

' The construction and manner of mounting the attachment ofthe deviceare fully set forth in the following specification, reference being madeto the drawings which accompany it, in which:

. Figure l is a plan of the slate showing the holder in position.

F' g. 2 shows in perspectlve the frame and cover of the pencilreceptacle, and

Fig. 3 is a cross section of the device as secured in the wooden frameof the slate.

Fig. l is a detail description showing the resilient locking means forholding the cover in the closed position.

In these drawings 2 represents the wooden frame of the slate in one ofthe longitudinal members of which a groove 3 is cut, somewhat as shownin Fig. 3 of the drawing. Over this groove 3 a facing frame 4 stampedfrom thin sheet metal is recessed into the face of the wooden frame 2 toextend along the back and across each end, the inner edge of the backportion substantially alining with the corresponding edge of the groove3. From the inner edge of each end of this facing frame 4 portions 5 arebent down-. ward to the approximate depth of the groove 3 and the lowerback ends of these have rounded inward projections 6 designed toexercise a resilient grip von the ends of the cover to be described.This cover 7 is also formed of thin sheet metal. The front edge isapproximately in line with the inner edge of the frame 2 of the slateand along the back is bent at right angles, as at 8. At each endportions 9 are bent down to the approximate depth of the groove 3 in theslate frame and are formed with a slight hollow at 10, conforming withthe rounded projection 6 of the ends 5 of the facing frame.

In the extreme corner between the front face and back edge of this cover7 a small aperture 12 is provided at each end for a hinge pin 11, whichpin is embedded in the wood of the frame and projects into the space ofthe groove. The 'cover'7 is pref erably stamped withaperturesl3'to'reveal the presence of a' pencil, if one is in thevreceptacle. p

g The cover being placed in position' in the groove 3 the hinge pins 11are -inserted through the. pin holes '12 and the "facing frame4 is.placed in position andis secured by screws or'r vets to theframeofytheslate. When sosecured the rounded end projections 6 oftheframe 4 and corresponding hollow 10 of the cover ends 9 will retainthe'cover in the; closed position, the resilience .ofthe lend pieces 5of thefacingframe pressing the same into engagement but this resilientengagement permits the cover to bereadily opened turning on. the pivotpins 1 1 and in so opening the receptacle the back portion 8 of thecover will deliver a pencil lying in the groove 3 out upon the slate.

The device supplies a felt want in providing a simple means by which aslate pencil may be always kept in relation to the slate, and in amanner that does not form a projection from that slate to be in the wayof packing or to be liable to injury when the slate falls. The aperturedcover enables the child or teacher to see at a glance that the slate isprovided with a pencil and the manner by which the opening of the coverdelivers the pencil forms an advan tageous feature.

It will also be noticed with my construction by hinging the cover on theback of the pocket or recess so that it opens inwardly toward the slatethe pencil when raised out of the pocket by the opening of the cover,may be delivered directly on the slate and all danger of falling on thefloor and breaking is thus avoided, a very advantageous feature, when itis considered that with slate pencils as usually made of a thin strip ofslate, they are very brittle and easily broken when the same aredropped.

Having now particularly described my invention, I hereby declare thatwhat I claim as new and desire to be protected in by Letters Patent, is:

1. A pencil holder for a school slate, comprising the combination with aslate frame having a grooved receptacle along one of its sides, a facingframe of thin sheet metal extending along the back and across each endof the grooved receptacle, an apertured cover fitting the space betweenthe back and sides of the frame and hinged along the y each end of thegrooved receptacle, said frame having a portion bent from the inner sideof each end to project into the receptacle, an apertured cover fittingthe space between the back and sides of the frame and having a portionbent from itsback edge to project into the receptacle and a portion bentfrom each end to bear against the in- Wardly bent portions of the facingplate,

hingev pins secured under the frame on which pins the cover is mountedand engaging projections on the inwardly bent ends of the facing plateand inwardly bent ends of the cover to retain the cover in the closedposition.

3. A pencil holder for a school slate comprising in combination with theframe of the slate having a grooved receptacle along one of its sides, afacing frame of thin sheet metal extending along the back on the outsideof the frame and across each end of the grooved receptacle, said facingframe having a resilient portion bent from the inner side of each end toproject into the re ceptacle and provided with a teat, an aperturedcover fitting the space between the back and sides of the frame andhaving a portion bent from its back edge to project into the receptacle,and end portions bent from the respective ends to bear against theinwardly bent portions of the facing plate and having depressions toreceive the teat when the coveris closed, hinge pins for pivoting thecover on a longitudinal axis passing substantially through the corneredge of the cover substantially as shown and for thepurposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' STEVEN MAGrAMI.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, i v Washington, D. 0.

